By taking this action, I hope that I will have hastened the start of the healing.

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes with healing in its wings; with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding for those who have opposed us; with the opportunity for all the peoples

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.